Paid Community Writer Programs

Paid writer programs usually have just enough of an incentive for people to get started creating developer content, besides the extra income it is an amazing opportunity for people to build a career out of it. For non-technical sites, have a look at http://whopayswriters.com.

A list of companies that have paid Developer Community Writer Programs.

• Adam the Automator - $100+ per article

  Technical tutorials on IT ops, cloud and DevOps topics. You can pick from a list of topics or pitch your own. Run by Microsoft MVP and built to help geeks write better and begin blogging.

• Arctype - $100+ per article

  Technical guides, case studies, and thought leadership on SQL and Databases.

• Auth0 - Up to $300 per piece

  Technical tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.

• CircleCI - Up to $300 per piece

  Technical tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.

• Clubhouse.io - Up to $600 per piece

  Technical tutorials and how-to guides. Pick from a list of possible articles.

• Code Tuts+ - $100 (Quick tip) $250 (Tutorial)

  Technical focused articles. Pick from a list of possible articles.

• Code Magic - Applications are currently closed.

  Technical focused articles.Specific on Flutter.

• ContentLab.io - Up to $500 per piece

  Articles on the Cloud, DevOps, Containers, AI/ML, Security, Web, and Gaming spaces.

• Couchbase - $200 per piece

  Content area experts can submit tutorials and blog content.

• CSS Tricks - Around $250 per piece (depends on the length, research and audience)

  Technical focused articles. No limitation on topics.

• Dev Spotlight - Around $300-$500 per piece depending on length and content

  Technical content production agency that works with many clients.

• Digital Ocean - Up to $400 per piece Applications currently on hold

  Technical tutorials with code. Not limited to Digital Ocean products.

• Draft.dev - Pays $300-$500 per piece

  Technical content agency that works with many clients. Writers who are accepted will get an email every 1-2 weeks with topics they can choose from.

• DZone - Waiting for details

  Broad coverage of development topics, but with heavy Java content, working hard to push into new topics and channels.

• Egghead - Waiting for details

  Intermediate to advanced articles covering topics on web development.

• FaunaDB - $200-$500 per piece

  Content focused on technical education around serverless development and FaunaDB.

• Hasura - Up to $300 per piece

  Technical tutorials with code about Hasura or GraphQL.

• Hit Subscribe - $100 per piece, $200 for 2x length and ghostwritten articles (Special articles).

  Technical content production agency that works with many clients.

• Honeybadger - From $500 per piece

  Ruby and Elixir tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.

• Linode - Up to $300 per piece

  Technical tutorials with code on Linux or Linode.

• LoginRadius - Up to $200 per piece

  Technical tutorials with code. Not limited to LoginRadius products.

• LogRocket - Up to $350 per piece

  Technical tutorials with code. Write about anything frontend.

• Make Use Of - $120 per piece with performance benefits

  Tutorials and features about consumer apps and software products.

• Mixster

• Neptune - Up to $500 per article.

  Technical articles, how-to guides and tutorials on machine learning and data science.

• Okta - Paid through Toptal based on your hourly rate

  Technical tutorials and demos using Okta's products.

• PHP Architect - $175 per piece

  Thought leadership and technical articles about PHP.

• Postmark - $200-$300 per piece

  Applications are currently closed.

• Rancher - $300 per piece

  Writing about devops, Kubernetes, and Rancher.

• Real Python - Up to $300 per piece

  Technical tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.

• Sanity.io - Up to $250 per piece

  Technical focused articles and how-to guides. Pick from a list of possible articles.

• Section.io

  Engineering education blog where Computer Science university students may contribute content for pay.

• SitePoint - $250 per article

  Broad coverage of development, design and the business ideas behind them. The JavaScript and PHP channels have the best traffic.

• Smashing Magazine - $200 to $250 per article

  Technical focused articles. No limitation on topics.

• Software Engineering Daily

• Soshace - $100 per piece

  Technical tutorials with code. Pick from a list of possible articles.

• StackOverflow

  Technical focused articles. No limitation on topics.

• Strapi - Up to $200 per piece

  Articles or tutorials with code covering use-cases, solutions and projects built with Strapi that include Vue, Open Source, JavaScript, GraphQL, Jamstack, React. Pick from a list of possible articles or pitch your own.

• SuperTokens - Upto $400 per article

  Articles on related topics (session management, authentication), tutorials with code covering use-cases and Product documentation

• TakeShape - Up to $300 per piece

  Web dev tutorials with code. General frontend topics including, React, JavaScript, GraphQL, Jamstack. Pick from a list of possible articles or pitch your own.

• Tech Beacon - $400 per piece

  Broad coverage of development, DevOps, QA and security.

• TechWell - $200 per piece

  A wide variety of technical and business content is considered.

• TestDriven.io - $300-$500 per guest post

  Web development tutorials designed to teach critical skills needed to test, launch, scale, and optimize applications.

• Tutorialspoint - Up to $500 per piece

  In-depth tutorials on technical and business topics.

• Twilio - Up to $500 per piece

  Technical tutorials with code. Doesn't necessarily have to use Twilio.

• TypingDNA - Up to $500 per piece

  Technical articles/tutorials related to TypingDNA.

• Vonage - $500 per piece

  Technical tutorials and general pieces on programming

• Vultr - Up to $300 per piece

  most topic take a look on Vultr document

• WPHUB - $200 per piece

  Wordpress tutorials and articles.

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